A Colorado dentist accused of spiking his spouse’s protein shakes with a deadly dose of poison faces two new fees, together with solicitation to commit homicide, officers stated Friday.
James Craig, who was charged and pleaded not responsible to first-degree homicide final yr within the killing of Angela Craig, is now additionally accused of first-degree solicitation to commit perjury, the state’s 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office stated in an announcement.
Additional particulars in regards to the new fees weren’t instantly accessible.
The growth got here sooner or later after Craig’s lawyer withdrew from the case on the day jury choice in Craig’s trial was set to start, NBC affiliate KUSA of Denver reported.
The lawyer cited an expert battle and different causes, together with one which states the shopper “persists in a plan of action involving the lawyer’s companies that the lawyer fairly believes is legal or fraudulent,” the station reported.
It wasn’t instantly clear if Craig has a brand new lawyer to talk on his behalf.
Angela Craig, a mom of six who was married to her husband for 23 years, died March 18 from cyanide and tetrahydrozoline poisoning, authorities have stated. The latter is present in over-the-counter eyedrops.
She had gone to the hospital three days earlier than with a extreme headache and dizziness, in keeping with an arrest warrant within the case. After experiencing a extreme seizure, she was positioned on life help and died, in keeping with the warrant.
At a preliminary listening to final yr, a prosecutor stated that shortly after James Craig began an affair, his on-line search historical past included the phrases: “how one can make homicide appear to be a coronary heart assault” and “is arsenic detectable in an post-mortem?” in keeping with the Associated Press.
According to the arrest warrant, the couple’s relationship had been strained for years, with James Craig having a number of affairs and Angela Craig repeatedly saying she wished to go away her husband.
At the preliminary listening to, James Craig’s attorneys argued there was no direct proof exhibiting that he put the deadly dose of poison in his spouse’s drink and so they stated he had been looking on-line for methods to take his personal life, in keeping with the AP.